Bogus Fuel Pill Schemes To Rip You Off!

Have you noticed ads for pills or powder or even liquids that you put into your gas tank and, magically, you will get up to 30% better gas mileage? Wow, that's more powerful magic than Harry Potter can produce! The number one selling fuel pill out there was a product made by Bioperformance. Their product was known as the gas pill or the fuel pill.

The State of Texas Attorney General filed a criminal charges against Bioperformance. The Attorney General stated "We will aggressively fight these con artists who cynically exploit the public's concerns about high gas prices to line their own pockets."

He called them exactly what they should be called, con artists. It turns out, if you put moth balls into your gas tank you would accomplish the same thing as the fuel pill. That is because the fuel pill is basically the chemical equivalent of mothballs, which are toxic.

The attorney general went on to say that Bioperformance was merely a smokescreen to trigger the recruitment of more and more paying members into what appears to be an illegal pyramid scheme. A total scam.

As incredible as it may seem, there are still products out there that are making the same claims all over again. One is MPG-Cap. Enviro-Max another one. They promise the same thing as the older fuel pill made by Bioperformance. They claim you will get increases in gasoline economy simply by dropping their pills into your gas tank.

Most of their claims are based on testimonials from drivers. An average driver cannot scientifically make the comparisons they claim. To really do a believable test it needs to be done under controlled conditions with sophisticated and expensive equipment.

Normal driving conditions of weather, traffic volume, accidents and stop light patterns have a tremendous impact on any days fuel economy. There is no way the average driver can take those factors into consideration to be able to run a sound test.

A major part of the claim of Enviromax Plus is that it makes the fuel in your engine burn more completely. Enviro-max claims it will lower the unburned fuel in your engine from 15 percent down to 1 to 2 percent. Somewhere they forgot to tell you that todays engines actually burn gas with an efficiency of about 98 to 99 percent. So your engine already does what the company says it's product will help your car do.

Don't believe the wild claims of these modern day snake oil salesmen. Save your money! The bottom line, as is usually the case, if it seems to good to be true, it probably is!

By: Scott Siegel

Scott Siegel is the author of a 143 page book of automotive industry insider information on saving gas and money at the pump (beatthegaspump.com). Visit us to learn how you can get better gas mileage. Find out how to increase gas mileage.
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